When the golden ship of the Mingzhou continent was ready to set sail, it was still dark at Duqiao, Taizhou, thousands of miles away.

The small town of Duqiao, because of its proximity to Haikou and the construction of a wharf on the bank of the Linhai River, has now become a large stronghold of the Ming army to attack Taizhou. A steady stream of soldiers, baggage, and artillery was brought down from the big ships that docked one after another. Soon the Du Bridge was turned into a sea of soldiers. The houses, warehouses, and shops that originally belonged to the Du family were all requisitioned by the Ming army, and they were filled with all kinds of military supplies and munitions.

The entire town has been under the strictest martial law for many days! At night, any resident, even if they had already entered the Ming military and became a Duqiao military household, were gathered in the houses where they were placed and were not allowed to go out on the streets.

But tonight, I don't know what's going on. As soon as night fell, the streets seemed to be full of people, bitter voices, shouts, footsteps, the sound of wheels rolling over bluestone slabs, and the sound of dogs barking. It first sounded from the direction of the Du family's ancestral house, and then followed the long street all the way to the direction of the wharf to the west of the town.

At this time, Lai Toad, who had been escorted by several fierce soldiers to death for a day of training and two leather whips, had just eaten a full meal, washed his stinky feet, and was about to go back to the barracks to sleep.

"Splash skin, there seems to be a voice outside...... "The toad is still a little vigilant, it's wartime now!" Although Da Song looks like he is about to blow the lamp and pull out the wax, maybe there is a return to the light? Linhai County has not been taken yet! Maybe the second old man Jia Rudejia will send someone to attack at night or something......

"It seems that there is still a fire!"

was reminded by the toad, and the other soldiers who were preparing to sleep also noticed that something was wrong. Someone else spotted a faint flickering fire!

"Gone out of the water!?"

"Not really. It seems to be a torch! It should be in the direction of Long Street......"

Splash Li is a local ruffian in Duqiao, and he is naturally more knowledgeable than a group of countrymen. He grinned and said, "It's nothing, it's just to send the Du family on the road!" ”

Sending the Du family on the road?

That sounds a little crazy!

Lai Toad's heart suddenly chuckled. A black face became even darker, "On the road? It's night! ”

The news of the exile of the Du family, Lai Toad also heard about it. So these days, he will go to the Du family's mansion whenever he has the opportunity, if nothing else, he just wants to see Du Thirteen's sister...... He used to look at Du Shisan, who was young and frivolous, and he didn't know how big the gap was between the two. Later, I knew that the sky was high and the earth was thick, so I didn't think much about it. But this time the accident seems to give him hope again.

He is now a landlord with 100 acres of land! And it's also a soldier of Chen Shengren...... A few years earlier, he followed Chen Dexing and Huai Shangerlang. Now there are a lot of marquis. With such luck, maybe he will also rely on the toad?

And the Du family is not a Taizhou righteous sect now, but a sinner of the Ming Dynasty. So now he really wants to get Du 13 out of the Du family's ancestral house to be his wife. But every time, the soldiers guarding the door of the house couldn't help but blast away!

"Good evening, good evening...... "Splash Li sighed softly at this time, and there seemed to be some sympathy and some schadenfreude in his tone." This is the night of the moon and the dark wind and high murder! ”

"What? Kill, Kill Night! Lai Toad cried out, "Kill, kill." Who are you killing? ”

Don't kill Du Thirteen Sisters! The thirteenth sister is such a good girl, she is beautiful, she has a good temper, and she is kind to everyone. I still know how to know, what a pity to kill?

"Who else can you kill?" Splashy Li sighed, "I killed chickens to show monkeys." Kill the Du family and deter hundreds of righteous men in the south of the Yangtze River. But he is a king. When there is such a thunderous means! ”

"This, this. This...... Do you really want to kill the thirteenth sister? ”

Splash Lee didn't answer, just nodded wordlessly.

The surrounding soldiers seemed to believe the nonsense of Pi Li - this is probably the reason why the officers don't like city soldiers, right? Thinking too much, talking too much—and lamenting.

"Good people don't have anything to reward!"

"What a nice man, it's just gone......"

"yes, it's a shame it's gone!"

Lai Toad cried loudly, "Thirteenth sister, thirteenth sister, you are only twenty years old, why did you go like this?" Whoever is so ruthless will kill you......"

While he was crying, several sergeants wearing battle jackets and carrying large horizontal knives suddenly rushed out of a room that was still lit, and scolded without saying anything.

"The straight lady thief, it's all night, why don't you sleep yet?"

"What are you crying about? Are you afraid of suffering? You toad, do you think the saint's 100 acres of land are easy to take? If you don't go back to sleep, I'll hang you up and beat you! ”

Of course, the Ming army has corporal punishment! And it's tough! Historically, the British Redwoods in the 19th century were indispensable for corporal punishment of soldiers, not to mention the Ming army that did not even form a nation-state in the 13th century?

Seeing that a few gentlemen lost their temper, Pi Li hurriedly covered Lai Toad's mouth, and while accompanying him and saying good things, he dragged the toad who was crying like a tearful man into the room......

……

When the toad wanted to eat swan meat and dream of shattering, the swan was speaking on behalf of the Du family and Xu Ziyuan.

"Xu Guanren, in the dead of night, urging my Du family to get on the boat, I'm afraid it has another meaning, right? Now that I've arrived at the dock, it's hard to fly...... This is the underworld, and my Du family is helpless. The officials might as well make it clear about this, so that I can wait for a preparation so that I can die calmly! ”

'It's really a woman's husband, worthy of being a woman from Jiangnan Yimen! It's a pity that I have already been engaged to the woman of the Anfeng Chen family......

Xu Ziyuan admired in his heart, and the look on his face was a little more polite, and he just smiled: "Du Niangzi, it was an order from above to let you set off in the middle of the night, and the lower officials don't know what they think, but the lower officials know where you are going." It is the Peach Blossom Island in Changguo County. There is a water village there, and a lot of barracks have been built, but no one lives in it, and it is just used to house you. There may be other people from Taizhou Yimen who will be sent over later. ”

Sister Du Thirteen also sighed at the moment, she was only 20 years old, the same age as flowers, and she planned to go to Mingdu to study, but she didn't want to die so inexplicably. However, at night, the Du family was urged to go on the road, which is really a bit strange! Even if it's not about killing, there must be some special purpose!

Thinking of this, Du Thirteen Sister just sighed, and said to Xu Ziyuan, then turned around and walked over to the dock, where the Du family was about to board the boat. walked into the crowd, and reluctantly glanced at Duqiao Town shrouded in night.

Although the future may not be bright, it is always sad to leave home!

……

"Sage, the battle report of Fujian, the two counties of Qingxi and Yongchun in Quanzhou Prefecture have been taken, and the Fifth Division is marching towards Dehua."

“…… It is still the battle report of Fujian, the Putian and Xianyou of the Xinghua Army have already arrived, and the county of Xinghua is estimated to be successful within a few days. ”

“…… According to the battle report on Zhejiang West Road, Shanghai Town, Huating County, Jiaxing Prefecture has already arrived, and more than 3,000 officers and men of the First Brigade of the Army have landed. ”

It was Yang Po'er who was reading the war report to Chen Dexing, this woman seemed to be Chen Dexing's shadow, no matter where Chen Dexing went, she took care of her, and sometimes served as a secretary.

Chen Dexing leaned on a soft couch, half-squinted, and there was a low table in front of him, on which were a few small dishes, a pot of purple sunflower wine, and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks.

Yang Po'er's battle reports are all war reports that have just been sent to Xingyuan, and of course they are all good news. At present, the main forces of the Fujian and Liangzhejiang Song armies are concentrated in a few large cities, and the troops in the rest of the regions are empty.

On the Fujian side, Fuzhou was heavily defended, and the territory near Quanzhou, including the Xinghua Army, has always been the world of maritime merchants. Regardless of whether it is a scholarly family or not, even if it is a righteous door like Xinghua Chen, it is also half a maritime businessman, and it is impossible to fight against the Ming Dynasty like the righteous men of Liangzhejiang and Liangjiang, on the contrary, it has long been in communication with the Ming Dynasty. For them, Chen Dexing is naturally also tolerant - and Fujian is eight mountains, one water and one field, and the people of Fujian have always had a tradition of going out to engage in industry and commerce. The Yimen in Fujian also did not have a monopoly on the population, and they did not have as much land to cultivate for too many tenants. Engaging in maritime trade and handicrafts is the way out for Fujian people. Therefore, the Ming army in Fujian has not encountered too fierce resistance at present.

As for the Song army on the Zhejiang West Road, they were based on Wu County (Suzhou) in Pingjiang, Jiaxing County in Jiaxing Prefecture, and Lin'an Mansion and other big cities. Shanghai Town, a commercial town developed from the wine business, is not a very important place, and it is not surprising that it is not heavily guarded.

"What about Taizhou?" Chen Dexing gently turned a Junyao wine glass, thinking and asking, "Is there any news?" ”

Taizhou is Jia Rudao's hometown, and it is a place with relatively strong troops. Moreover, the scale of the Ming army's dispatch was small, and only two brigades were moved, one brigade attacked Linhai and one brigade attacked Huangyan. However, the two county towns have not yet been taken, only Duqiao Town, Dudu Salt Farm, Zhang'an Town at the mouth of the river, as well as Wenling Town and Songmen Village near Wenzhou.

"There is no news yet," Yang Po'er flipped through the war report and replied with a smile, "Nunu remembers that tonight is when the Du family gets on the boat and comes to Peach Blossom Island...... The moon is dark and the wind is high, let the two or three thousand Du family members get on the boat and go to sea, I'm afraid that I will be scared to death, right? ”

Chen Dexing smiled, "It's just scary...... If Jia Rude can be scared away, half of the battle of Jiangnan will be won. ”

Chen Dexing's soul comes from later generations, and it seems that the murderous and murderous ones are not enough, and he is reluctant to kill in Jiangnan. For the righteous men who are against him, he only intends to scare them and then exile them, and does not plan to kill them all. In the middle of the night, the Du family suddenly took the Du family away from the sea, naturally to scare people, and there would be a message released, saying that the Du family was feeding fish at sea. (To be continued......)